Washing-machine.



No. 669^,I83. Patented Mar.. 5, |901. A. D. ROGERS.

WASHING MACHINE.

(Application led June 26, 1900.)

2 Sheets-.Sheet l.

(No Model.)

UNITE STATES ATnNT Prion.

ALMA DENTON ROGERS, OF RICHMOND, UTAH.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,183, dated March 5,1901.

Application led June 26, 1900.

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALMADENTON ROGERS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at l Richmond, in the county ofCache and State of Utah, have invented a new and useful"Washing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in washing-machines.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofwashing machines and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensiveone capable of rapidly and thoroughly washing clothes and adapted to rubthe same from both the bottom and the top, whereby clothes and otherfabrics will be operated on as effectively as when they are washed byhand.

The invention consists in the construction and novel'combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a washing-machineconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig.4 is a detail perspective view'of the upper rubber. Fig. 5 is a similarView of the movable lower rubber. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view ofone of the sections or bars of the stationary lower rubber.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thegures of the drawings.

1 designates a washing-machine body provided with suitable legs 2 andhavinga curved bottom 3 and provided also with a cover or lid 4,composed of hinged sections and adapted to be swung backward, asillustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings. The cover or lid ishinged at the back at 5, and its sections are hinged together at theiradjacent ends at 6, and as the washing mechanism is not connected witheither of the sections and does not extend through the lid or co'ver thelatter may be closed down tightly and will effectually prevent anyliquid from escaping, and it is easily opened and closed, as the personusing it does not have to lift any of the Washing mechanism. Thewashing-machine Serial N0. 21,658- (No model.)

body is provided with a suitable drain-opening, and it has atransversely disposed wringer-supporting board at one end. Thewringer-supporting board is preferably arranged as illustrated in Figs.1 and 2 of the accompanyingdrawings, and the water expelled from theclothes is allowed to drain back into the washing-machine body.

The clothes or other fabrics to be washed are subjected to the action ofa lower stationary rubber 7, a movable bottom rubber 8, and a movabletop rubber 9, the movable rubbers being reciprocated in oppositedirections by a double crank-shaft 10, havinga central crank-bend 1l andside crank-bends l2, connected,respectively,with the upper and lowermovable rubbers. The stationary bottom rubber consists of a series ofcurved bars secured at their ends to the bottom of the washing-machinebody and arranged longitudinally thereof at intervals to providelongitudinal spaces for the longitudinal bars or sections 13 of thelower movable rubber. The bars or sections of the stationary rubber areslightly tapered vfrom rear to front and have projections 14, formingcorrugations and presenting rear shoulders to'resist the downward andforward movement of the clothes. The corrugations form arubbing-surface, and the bars or sections have inclined rear portions,and the tendency of the rubbing-surface is to hold the clothes againstdownward move ment.

The movable lower rubber has its front end suspended within thewashing-machine body by links 15, so that the front end oscillates, andthe rear end, which is provided with bearings 16 for the side cranks 10,is carried by the said cranks in their rotation, whereby the l movablelower rubber is oscillated longitudinally simultaneously with a verticaloscillation due to the movement of the cranks in a vertical plane. Therear ends of the bars of the. stationary bottom rubber are slightlyenlarged, and the ends of the bars or sections 13 of the movable lowerrubber are connected by front and rear cross-bars 17 and 18. The fronttransverse bar 17 is beveled to facilitate the passage of clothes andother fabrics over it, and the rear cross-bar 18 is located at the loweredges of the bars or sections 13, being secured in recesses thereof. Themovable bottom rubber is provided at its back with IOO upwardly-extending blocks 19 and 20, sec ure'd, respectively, to the side sections 13and to the intermediate sections or bars, as clearly shown in Fig. 5,and located between and at the sides of bars or sections 2l of themovable upper rubber 9 and adapted to limit the backward movement of theclothes or other fabrics being washed and capable of engaging the saidfabrics and of throwing the same forward or downward to cause theclothes to be changedabout, so that they will be operated on uniformly.The bars or sections i3 are provided with rubbing-surfaces at theirupper faces, and these rubbing-faces consist of grooves or corrugations.

The movable upper rubber, which is connected with the centralcrank-bend, is provided at its front portion with a transverse bar 22,connecting the bars or sections 21 and projecting therefrom to formlateral extensions, which are supported upon inclined cleats 23, whichare secured to the inner faces of the sides of the washing-machine body.The side bars or sections of the movable upper rubber are enlarged andare provided at their rear ends with bearings 24 to receive the centralcrank-bend of the crank-shaft.

The inclined supports formed by the cleats" the upper rubber; but whenthe machine is in operation the upper rubber rests upon the clothes orother fabrics which are interposed between the upper rubber and thelower rubbers. The front portions of the bars or sections of the upperrubber are enlarged and present convex corrugated faces, and the rearportions of the same present lower concave faces and are enlarged toform shoulders 25 for engaging and rotating the clothes, so thatdifferent portions of the same will be operated on by the rubbers.

The clothes or other fabrics to be Washed are deposited in thewashing-machine body at the front thereof, and the rotation of thecrank-shaft to the left will operate to feed the clothes between therubbers, and it is unnecessary to place the fabrics between the rubbersby hand, and the clothes are forced from between the rubbersautomatically by reversing the crank-shaft. The crank-shaft is extendedbeyond both sides of the washing-machine body, and one end carries abalance-wheel 26, and its other end carries a removable pinion 27, whichmeshes with a gearwheel 28, mounted on a suitable stub-shaft andprovided with a cran k-handle 29, which is rotated to the rightorforwardly to feed the clothes between the rubbers.

In the accompanying drawings the washingmachine is arranged foroperating by hand; but the gear-wheels may be removed, and thecrank-shaft may be connected by a pulley and belt with any suitablemotor for operating the machine.

The corrugated bars or members of the upece, is

that each piece being washed is thoroughly Y and uniformly operated on.The movable and stationary bottom rubbers form a doubleacting washboardor rubbing-surface at the bottom of the washing-machine body, and theclothes are held against the same by the weight of the upper rubber.

It will be seen that the washing-machine is exceedingly simple andinexpensive in construction, that it is easily operated, and that it iscapable of thoroughly rubbing the clothes and of rotating or turning thesame over, so that they will be uniformly operated on. It will also beapparent that the washing mechanism is located wholly within thewashingmachine body and that it is unnecessary to perforate the lid orcover for the same and that a portion of the operating mechanism is not`lifted when the cover is opened. Furthermore, it will be clear thatwhen the gearing is rotated in one direction the clothes will beautomatically drawn inward between the rubbers and that when the machineis reversed the clothes will be forced outward from between the rubbers,so that it is unnecessary to place the clothes between the rubbers byhand.

What I claim isl. A washing-machine comprising a body, a lowervstationary ,rubber fixed to the body at the bottom thereof, a lowermovable rubber having one end supported within and connected with thebody, a crank-shaft mounted on the body and connected with the other endof the lower movablerubber, and anupper rubber connected with thecrank-shaft and having one end free, substantially as described.

2. A washing-machine comprising a body, a lower rubber fixed to the bodyand composed of longitudinal bars or sections spaced apart, the movablelower rubber provided with bars or sections `spaced apart and located atthe sides of the bars or sections of the fixed rubber, an upper rubbermoving iu the opposite direction to the lower movable IOO IIO

rubber, and means for operating the movable rubbers, substantially asdescribed. l

3. A washing-machine comprising a body, a lower fixed rubber having barsorsections spaced apart, the lower movable rubber composed ,ofl bars orsections kspaced apart and located at the sides of the bars or sectionsof the fixed rubber,and provided with upwardlyextending arms orprojections, the movable rubber composed of bars or sections spacedapart and located above the said rubbers, a crank-shaft mounted on thebody and connected with the rear ends of the movable rubbers, supportsreceiving the other end of the upper rubber, and links supporting thefront end of the lower movable rubber; substantially as described.

4. A washing-machine comprising a body,

links supporting the movable upper rubber, substantially as described.

In testimon;1 that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

' ALMA DENTON ROGERS.

Witnesses:

CHARLES W. ANDERSEN, C. F. OLSEN.

